“The deepest satisfaction of writing is precisely that it opens up new spaces within us of which we were not aware before we started to write. To write is to embark on a journey of which we do not know the final destination. Thus, writing requires a great act of trust. We have to say [...]

Okay, what is up with this blogging thing? I tell myself I’m going to write a post every week, and what happens? Life happens, that’s what! A book proposal, due. A novel, half-completed and abandoned for the summer. A brother in the hospital, 100 miles away, with life-threatening pneumonia. Bills to pay (which are overdue). [...]